Srinagar: India on Wednesday alleged that Pakistan Army resorted to indiscriminate firing of small arms, and 82 mm mortars this morning along the Line of Control (LoC) in Bhimber Gali sector in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Indian Army posts have responded strongly and effectively.
The firing comes just two days after an alert Indian army foiled an alleged infiltration bid by a group of heavily armed militants from across the LoC in Poonch sector, even as Pakistani troops allgedly resorted to mortar shelling, apart from automatics and small arms fire at various places in Krishna Ghati and Nowshera sectors on Monday.
Speaking on the details, a defense ministry spokesperson Lt Colonel Manish Mehta said, “alert soldiers deployed along the LoC in Poonch noticed some suspicious movement of a group around 3.30 am. On being fired by own troops, the group returned the fire and ran back across the LoC.”
India and Pakistan often allege each other of violating the 2003 agreed ceasefire along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir.
The latest instances of ceasefire violations, which came close on the heels of the killing of 13 militants along the LoC in Kashmir during the past few days.
